Rockies Acquire Marco Scutaro - 美國職棒

Rockies Acquire Marco Scutaro
By Mike Axisa [January 21, 2012 at 5:09pm CST]

The Rockies have acquired Marco Scutaro from the Red Sox in exchange for
Clayton Mortensen, reports ESPN's Jim Bowden (on Twitter). Troy Renck of The
Denver Post first reported that the two sides were finishing up the trade.

Scutaro, 36, fills the Rockies' need for a second baseman, as the veteran
will return to the position after primarily playing shortstop over the last
three seasons. He hit .299/.358/.423 in 445 plate appearances with Boston in
2011, and is returning to the NL for the first time since he broke into the
Majors with the Mets in 2002-03.

Mortensen, 26, was a supplemental first-round pick (36th overall) for the
Cardinals in the 2007 draft. The right-hander was part of the trade package
the Cardinals sent to the A's in July 2009 in exchange for Matt Holliday.
Mortensen has a 5.12 ERA, a 4.7 K/9 rate and a 3.7 BB/9 rate in 24 Major
League games (13 of them starts) with the Rockies, A's and Cardinals.

Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe says (on Twitter) that the Red Sox will
platoon Mike Aviles and Nick Punto at shortstop. The deal relieves the team
of Scutaro's $6MM salary, giving the club some more money to use towards a
starting pitcher. Mortensen is still in his pre-arbitration years.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/01/rockies-acquire-marco-scutaro.html

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